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Specialist fields (in extracts)

  • Treatment of all congenital and acquired heart defects in children
  • Catheter interventions
  • Rhythmology
  • Echocardiography
  • CT and MRI
  • Norwood, Glenn and Fontan procedures

Curriculum vitae (in extracts)

1987  Medical degree (Leipzig University)
1991  Research-based doctorate (Leipzig University)
1991  Specialist in Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
1994 Specialization in Pediatric Cardiology
1994 – 2000
Attending Physician, German Heart Institute, Berlin
1995 Specialized Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine
2000 – 2009
Attending Physician and Director of Pediatric Catheterization Laboratory, Heart Center, Leipzig University
2008 Habilitation (Leipzig University) & Associate professor (Leipzig University)
2009 Certificate in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
2009 – 2011
Acting Head of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, Leipzig University
2010  Visiting professorship (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
2010 Offer of full professorship, RWTH Aachen University, declined
2011 Offer of full professorship, University of Münster, declined
2011 Offer of full Professorship, Leipzig University, accepted effective since 01-12-2011
Since 2011  Head of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, Leipzig University
Since 2011   Co-Chairman, Leipzig Heart Center branch of the nationwide EMAH network for adult patients with congenital heart defects
2021 Additional Qualification in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Cardiology

Memberships

  • Member, Association for European Pediatric Cardiology Fellow
  • Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention
  • Vice-President, German Society of Pediatric Cardiology (DGPK)
  • Member, German Cardiac Society (DGK)
  • German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (DGTHG)
  • German Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine (DGKJ)
  • German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (DEGUM)
  • European Society of Cardiology

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